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Example Sentences

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A FEW years ago, the Quebec comedian Sugar Sammy put a giant ad on a Montreal subway billboard.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2018

A FEW minutes into Kantin Kwari market, sandwiched between the stalls selling grain and those hawking second-hand shirts, is a little alleyway where girls flock for advice.

From Economist • Oct. 6, 2016

FEW of Europe’s economies have had a more miserable decade than Ireland.

From Economist • Sep. 8, 2016

A FEW days after a fire wiped out 15 businesses in downtown Bothell, Lydia Lagrou was at the keyboard, alerting her clients.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2016

FEW poetical writers lived more consistently in the shadow of death than Christina Rossetti.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher